Auto-tire-tube carrier



C. JERABEK.

AUTO TIRE TUBE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.20. I920.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INVENTOR,

ATTORNEY.

C. JERABEK.

AUTO TIRE TUBE CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED 1A.N.20. I920.

Patented Jan. 4,1921.

. I 3 $HEETS-SHET 2- 7 6 25 r INVENTOR Charles Je/"abeb? ATTORNEY.

C. JERABEK.

AUTO TIRE TUBE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-20, 1920.

1,364,437. Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

VOW I /3 06 INVENTcBT'.

BY Charles JeFabe/k Q%M4 M,4M

ATTORNEY;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- CHARLES JERABEK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS ROTHSCHILD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTO-TIRE-TUBE CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed January 20, 1920. Serial No. 352,677.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES JERABEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auto-Tire-Tube Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My inventlon relates to a device adapted to be supported from a motor car-body for clenchingly supporting a plurality of tiretubes, but not so as to prevent quick demountability when required for use; and in such connection my invention relates to the constructive arrangement of such a carrier device for the defined purpose. v

The principal objects of my invention, are first, to provide an auto tire-tube carrier arranged to adjustably carry a plurality of tire-tubes of variable dimensions so as to be lockingly held against detachment, yet at the same time admitting of quick demountability when required, for use; second, to provide a carrier having shoes provided with shiftable feet, certain of the shoes adjustably supported and one controlled as to operative relation by the cover-plate of a drum having a'cam arranged to en a e the slot of a sleeve mounted on the spln le of one of the said shoes and the said coverplate having a locking-means provided with a tongue engaging a spring actuated plungar for contacting with the ratcheted surace of the said drum, whereby locking of a plurality of rims for carrying tire-tubes is accomplished against detachment until the plunger of said locking-means is released and the cover-plate of the said drum is turned therein; third, to provide a tiretube carrier having shoes in which certain of them are adjustably fixed to position and with one art of the shoe recessed to receive the rim or a tire-tube and the other provided with an adjustable foot, whereby through the shifting of the same is formed a recess of varying length for reception of a rim onto which is adapted to be mounted a tire-tube by being sprung thereon'to and by turning of the cover-plate of the drum from which spindles of adjustably fixed and movable shoes are supported, a cam is adaptcd to enter the slot of a sleeve mounted on one of the said spindles to thereby lockingly or clenchingly hold the respective rims for tire-tubes sprung thereonto against possible Figure 1, is a front elevational view of an auto tire-tube carrier for reception of a plurality of tire-tubes embodying the main features constructively, of my invention; this View, showing the cover-plate of, the drum removed.

Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a vertical sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 4:, is an enlarged view partly in section and partly in side elevation of one of the clamping shoe membersv of the device showin the recess in one part for springing a mm for a tire-tube onto the same and in the other part the ratcheted surface shoe and adjustable toothed foot for forming a recess to engage a rim of varying size for permitting of the springing of a tire-tube thereon. I

Fig. 5, is an enlarged broken sectional and side elevational view, showin the vertical spindle carrying one of the s oes with an adjustable foot surrounded by va sleeve formed with the other recessed shoe and so arran ed as to aline in operative position with t e other shoe.

Fig. 6, is an enlarged fragmentary underneath plan view in detail of one of the shoes with an adjustable foot, showing how they adjustable foot is coupled to the said shoe for being shifted lengthwise thereon to provide a variable recess for the reception of a complemental size rim, for a tiretube.

Fig. 7, is a front elevational view "enlarged of the drum, showing how the fixed divergently positioned shoe spindles are bolted therein and the vertical spindle with a slotted sleeve mounted thereon and with preferably the slot of the sleeve of a shape to be engagedby the cam of the coverplate of said drum, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 8, is an underneath plan view, enlarged, of the cover-plate of the said drum, showing the operating lever-arm, lockingmeans and cam of said plate; and

Fig. 9, is an enlarged view partly in vertical section and partly in elevation through the drum, showing in detail the lockingmeans thereof, with the spring actuated plunger in engagement with the ratcheted surface provided in the periphery of the said drum.

Referring to the drawings, a. represents the back of a motor car-body, as illustrated in Fig. 3, (t and a represent two supporting brackets, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. These brackets support suspended therefrom a flanged rim a and to which is applied the carrier of my invention, to be hereinafter fully described.

This carrier, comprises a drum 6, having a removable cover-plate b and an operating lever-arm if. The inner side of the coverplate 6 is formed with a cam 6 and with preferably a well known type of Yale or Corbin locking-means- 6*, as shown. in

Figs. 8 and 9, the plunger 6 of which" means is arranged to projecttherefrom so as to engage the ratcheted surface 6, of the drum 7), on the inner periphery of the said drum in one part, as shown in Figs. 7 and 9, of thedrawings.

Projecting from the drum 6, in divergent relationship are recessed clamping shoes 0 and c fitted thereto, by means of adjustable tightening nuts 0 and 0 mounted on the shoe spindles c and c and engaging threaded bearings c and c", as fully shown in Figs. 1 and 7.

The shoes 0 and c are provided with ratcheted surfaces 0', with which adjustable complemental toothed feet 0 engage to provide variable length recesses for the reception of different size rimsa carried by the brackets a and (1?, extending from the carbody a, while the shoe 0 in position is supported from the drum 1) as in Fig. 3, for the reception of the rim (Z as in Fig. 4. The vertical shoe consists of a spindle 03 projecting through the drum 1), as in Fig. 7 and engaging a threaded bearing nut 0 as in Fig. 3, and to the lower end of said spindle 0 is secured a recessed shoe 0, with an adjustable toothed foot 0 so arranged as that by shifting to form a recess as in Fig. 5. for the reception of the rim a Mounted on the spindle 0 is a sleeve 0 which is slotted at 0 and arranged so that in a certain position to be entered by the cam b of the cover-plate 6 to cause alining of the shoe 0, of the spindle 0 with the recessed shoe c of the sleeve 0 as shown in Fig. 3, and with the rims a and d,

in the position with respect to each other as said drum 6, as in Fig. 7, to positively enindicated in dotted-outline, clearly shown in Fig. 5. The sleeve 0 extends through a bearing 7)", of the drum 1), and with the lower end of this sleeve is formed the said recessed shoe 0 for the reception of the rim al as in Fig. 5, and held therein against detachment while the cam 6 occupies the position indicated in dotted outline in the slot 0 as in Fig. 1. The alining of the shoes of the spindle 0 and sleeve 0 with each other, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5, is accomplished when thecover-plate 6 is applied to the drum 6, and in position rests on the surfaces 10 and 11, as in Fig. 7, with the series of clips 6 engagin the under surfaces thereof, as shown in Fig. 9, permitting thereby of uniform turning of the cover-plate 6 by the lever arm 6 as in Fig. 8, for a range of movement coextensive with that of the ratcheted surface I), of the 86 gage the plunger 6, of the locking-means b therewith, andto thereby prevent further turnin of the said cover-plate b and thus the reFease of the rim al with a tiretube carried thereby, or of such rim becoming detached while so held, as hereinabove explained, until the locking-means b, is o erated to release the plunger 1 from t e ratcheted surface I), of the drum b, as in Fi s. 7 and 9. f

' aving thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An auto tire-tube carrier, comprising a drum having shoes adjustably held therefrom, certain of the said shoes having adjustable feet to form variable recesses for a rim for a tire-tube to be held thereto, a shoe provided with a shiftable foot carried by a spindle secured in said drum, a sleeve mounted on said spindle and having a recessed shoe, said sleeve slotted in one portion, a cover-plate operable in "said drum and having a cam to enter the slot of said 11 sleeve and locking-means connected with said plate and arranged to engage the ratcheted surface of said drum to prevent turning of said plate.

2. An auto tire-tube carrier, comprising a drum provided with a cover-platehaving operating-means, a cam and a lockingmeans provided with a plunger to engage the surface of said drum, adjustably supported clamping shoes divergently held from said drum and provided with shiftable locking-feet, a spindle having a shoe, a slotted sleeve mounted thereon and having a shoe adapted to aline with the shoe of said spindle and theslotof said sleeve adapted to be brought into engagement with the cam of said cover-plate.

3. An auto-tire-tube carrier, comprising a drum, a cover-plate having a cam and a locking-means with the complemental clement of said locking-means as an integral part of said drum, shoes with shift-able feet adjustably positioned from said drum, a

spindle fitting said drum and provided with a recessed shoe,'a sleeve mounted on said spindle and extending into said drum; said sleeve provided with a slot arranged so that the cam of said cover-plate'is adapted to enter the same by the turning of said plate to thereby cause the shoe of said spindle and shoe of said sleeve to aline one with the other in holding clenchingly a plurality of rims for reception of tire-tubes.

4. An auto tire-tube carrier, comprising a drum, a cover-plate having a cam, and a locking-means, a complemental element of said locking-means formed as an integral part of sa-id'drum, shoes positioned from said drum and provided with extensible feet, one of said shoes arranged as part of a spindle carrying a sleeve having a slot therein and the cam of said cover-plate arranged to engage the slot of said sleeve.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two sub- 25 scribing witnesses. I

CHARLES JERABEK.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, Rosa E.- MCCARTHY. 

